buck just called his first 2 months w/ the dodgers possibly the best 2 months of batting by any player of the last 10 years, which seems pretty obviously untrue, though I can't be bothered to look up the numbers
― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 9 April 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
the Dodgers prob wouldn't have won their division in 2008 w/t Manny ... which is a great enough feather in his cap w/t needing to embellish it by calling it "the best 2 months of batting by any player."
― everybody funny ... now you funny too (Eisbaer), Saturday, 9 April 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
He was good at times but nowhere near Pujols/A-Rod/Bonds territory, enough with the hyperbole RedSox nation sympathizers...
How do his career numbers compare to 2nd tier guys like Sosa or McGwire?
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 9 April 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
manny august 2008 to october 2008: .396/.489/.743 (221 OPS+)
barry bonds april 2001 to october 2004: .349/.559/.809 (256 OPS+)
this has been your barry bonds reminder of the day
― ciderpress, Saturday, 9 April 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
xp this isn't the best thing to look at because park factors and such buthttp://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/onbase_plus_slugging_career.shtml
manny is 9th all time by unadjusted OPS, mcgwire is 10th.
sosa is 106th
― ciderpress, Saturday, 9 April 2011 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ these are numbers from the mind of a madman
― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 9 April 2011 20:56 (thirteen years ago) link
can't say how boston feels, that seems to be a more complex stew.
― omar little, Friday, April 8, 2011 5:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i get what gya and cidepress are saying in general but even if you wanted to love him unconditionally manny didn't exactly make it easy--something bad went down in 2008 and we'll never know the whole story, unless you want to believe that it was an exceptionally executed instance of pr/spin/media manipulation. but even before that there was always some sort of swirl--did he like playing here? did he hate it? it seemed to change every couple months. is that 100% on the media? possibly, but possibly not.
of course the post-sox ped stuff complicates the issue further for a lot of fans. i can easily choose to just remember the good times w/manny--because there are so many of them--but there was other stuff there too.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 9 April 2011 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
There was an extra innings game at Jacobs Field where Eckersley gave up the game winning home run to Manny- it's semi-famous on video because Dennis turned around, followed the ball and just mouthed "wow". I was at that game and sat in in upper deck for 3 hours in the blazing sun (all the good tickets were gone in those days). When the game hit extra innings people started leaving because of the heat which meant we moved into the shade a level below. I saw it in the good seats.
Before that Manny had been talked about by the Tribe as the can't miss player of the century. Sports talk radio was gaga over that pick- I drove a delivery van in those day and heard it every day. Jacobs Field had just been built- Albert Belle came in, Jim Thome, Manny Ramirez, Sandy Alomar, Colon. One right after the other.
I moved a couple years ago (my current place) and the neighborhood bar that I latched onto had (and still has) a Red Sox fan as a bartender. First time I was there I asked her to put the Indians game on and they were playing the Red Sox (with M. Ramirez). We talked about how great a hitter Manny was for about a half an hour.
― brownie, Sunday, 10 April 2011 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess i'm getting all billy crystal
― brownie, Sunday, 10 April 2011 03:18 (thirteen years ago) link
in another words i didn't have sex with the bartender
― brownie, Sunday, 10 April 2011 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link
brownie that's a great post. it really was an incredible cavalcade of players coming into cleveland.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 17 April 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
oh wait, i came here to post this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/1191648169_0157.jpg
Nothing against Manny, but the original intent of this thread was to ponder the odd/inane South Korean cartoons on various MLB topics du jour.
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 17 April 2011 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
(Is the artist still making them? They were pretty lol)
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 17 April 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
dunno, pretty sure this thread is about MANNY RAMIREZ now. all this comics were pretty awesome looking though.
great article -
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/sports/baseball/26manny.html
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Sunday, April 17, 2011 4:51 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol you have been on some thread police shit lately, or maybe i am just noticing it more
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
lol maybe you can gargle on my nuts?
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
daaaaamn shasta going hard
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
oooh, got me good!
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
nooooooooooooooooo
Former World Series MVP Manny Ramirez has been arrested over a domestic incident ... TMZ has learned.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link
did he punch himself in the tits?
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 01:21 (thirteen years ago) link
she laughed at his shriveled nards
― etsy buttez (buzza), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 03:11 (thirteen years ago) link
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/09/13/police-report-manny-ramirez-slapped-his-wife-causing-her-to-hit-her-head-and-fear-for-her-safety
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 10:32 (thirteen years ago) link
HE IS AN A
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
Manny always makes me think of a Pedro Guererro story Bill James related in one of his books. It was when Guererro was still with the Dodgers and they moved him from first to third. (Paraphrase) "'Which one is that?' Pedro said, and he just kept on hitting."
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
Pedro Guerrero was once legally declared too stupid to be capable of distributing cocaine..
MIAMI (AP) -- A former major league hitter was acquitted of drug conspiracy charges Tuesday, after his attorney argued that his low IQ prevented him from understanding that he had agreed to a drug deal.
Federal prosecutors argued that Pedro Guerrero, formerly of the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals, told an undercover agent and an informant that he would guarantee payment for a $200,000 cocaine shipment.
But Guerrero's lawyer, Milton Hirsch, told the jury that the four-time National League All-Star and co-MVP of the 1981 World Series was duped by his friend, Adan "Tony" Cruz.
"He really never understood that he was being asked to involve himself in a drug deal," Hirsch said.
The jury acquitted Guerrero after four hours of deliberation.
Guerrero, 43, retired from baseball in 1992. Hirsch said he dropped out of sixth grade in his native Dominican Republic, and has an IQ of 70, Hirsch said. The Miami resident can not perform simple tasks, such as writing a check or making a bed, and receives a small weekly allowance from his wife, Hirsch said.
― wolves in our wounds (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
wow. kinda lol but mostly really sad.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
That's something...I meant it more as, they're both guys who have zero interest in anything about the game except for hitting, and that they're flaky to boot. Didn't mean to make fun of Guerrero's intellect.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
I know but thats a crazy story I like to share whenever possible
― wolves in our wounds (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 23 February 2012 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
BrettAnderson49: Manny just asked if I was the video coordinator…our relationship can only go up from here.
― wolves in our wounds (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
Anderson does look like an A/V man, tbh.
― Andy K, Friday, 24 February 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/420394_10100744539878070_15924154_54570044_1185998548_n.jpg
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
sure
― been to lots of college and twitter (k3vin k.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
still BEST PLAYER
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 17 March 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
"The guy ex-Red Sox manager Terry Francona told Peter Gammons in a candid moment was "the worst human being I've ever met""
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/jon-heyman/17927093/i-like-the-new-pollyanna-manny-everythings-a-blessin
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
oh that's rich
― van smack, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3poqgsFvc1qk9es5o1_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
season debut for the sacramento river cats tonight
― mookieproof, Saturday, 19 May 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
scratched from today's lineup with a sore wrist from whiffing three times last night
― mookieproof, Sunday, 20 May 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
― sanskrit, Monday, 21 May 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
sorry antonin scalia
― mookieproof, Monday, 21 May 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
"Outfielder-Designated Hitter Manny Ramirez has requested his outright release from the Oakland Athletics and the team has granted his request."
― Maltodextrin, Saturday, 16 June 2012 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
slugging .349 in the pcl is not too good
― mookieproof, Saturday, 16 June 2012 05:51 (twelve years ago) link
he's bored yn
― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 16 June 2012 06:28 (twelve years ago) link
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/manny-ramirez-signs-contract-taiwan-115502415--mlb.html
http://media.insidecounsel.com/insidecounsel/article/2012/08/06/2219700756_8c7ab75aca_o33-resize-380x300.jpg
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/o9lIkHl.jpg
― bnw, Thursday, 28 March 2013 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130604&content_id=49558550&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
― clemenza, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjBDmICp30U
”This ball is long gone, just like the ex-girlfriend who will never return!”
― clemenza, Saturday, 8 June 2013 16:01 (eleven years ago) link